Receiving-head for catch-basins.



No. 868,672. 'P'ATENTED OCT. 22, 1907. A. W. KURZ.

RECEIVING HEAD FOR CATCH BASINS. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST W. KURZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RECEIVING-HEAD FOR CATCH-BASINS..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed April 20, 1903. s in in. 153,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST W. KURZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,' have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in ,Rec'eiving-Heads for Catch-Basins, which improvements are iully set .forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to improvements in structures of that class employed for capping purposes in connec-' tion with catch-basins, the same serving to control} eaclnthebntrance to'tlie basinlwithZwhich it isconjoined, and being commonly known as receiving-heads for catch-basins. i

Theiobject of this invention is to provide a structure of the character indicated which shall be simple and inexpensive as regards construction; durable flicient,

and reliable in practical service which shall be charover prior analogous constructions.

acterized by a marked resistance to service-strains; and

which shall possess certain we1l-defined advantages The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals denote corresponding. parts throughout the several views, and as to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan viewv of a receiving-head embodying my said improvements, the man-hole thereof being closed. Fig. 2 is a sectional view designed to more clearly illustrate both the practical application and the details of the general construction, thesection,

accordingly, 'being taken centrally and vertically through the head proper, as along the line aa of Fig. 1, theman-hole cover beingremoved, and a portion of the basin proper being shown in conjunction with said head. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of said receiving-head, showing the intake and exposed metallic fender thereof. Fig. 4 is a sectional view conforming essentially to, Fig. 2, and showing a form of my improved receiving-head modified somewhat as regards certain minor details of the construction. I Fig. 5 is a'detail perspective view illustrating more clearly the essential feature of the modification above referred above specified, and said reinforcing member being conjoined with said body in a manner to form a fender therefor and also serve as a support for said shield.

In carrying out my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, I make use of a reinforcing member 2, of any appropriate general contour, and formed from metal, as by the process of casting, or directly from metal, as iron or steel, in sheet form. Said reinforcing member is here shown' as comprising .a horizontal portion or base plate and a portion unplate arranged at an inclination to the horizontal portion, said inclined and horizontal portions being preferably formed integral. l I j The reinforcing member 2 is provided, at the horizontal portion thereof, with a suitable opening, and

thereatuthere is arranged a vertical shield or ring 3,

formed from any suitable material, as metal? r The shield aforenamed is here shown as constituting a distinct element of the general construction, and as being removably conjoined withthereirlforcing member'2. Q Said shield may seat directly upon thereinforcing member 2, at the opening afo'renamed therein, or the same may be provided with a lateral projection or flange 4, adapted to accordingly seat on said rein- .for'cin'g member. liurthengand where deemed :idvisable, the ring 3, as a whole, may be formed integral casting. 1

A cover 5 is provided for closing the inan-holeliotmed and surrounded by the ring 3, and to receive'and supwith the reinforcing member 2, 'as by the process or port which cover, a cover-seat 6 is arranged within,

and adjacent to the upper extremity of, saidshield.

As will be clearly apparent, the features of construction last under consideration may be =otherwise .arranged. f For finishing purposes I make use-of cement, or other suitable material, 7, primarily in a plastic state andadapt'ed to'voluntarily harden, or become hardened, as under the application of heat. The mate rial 7 is disposed, .while in a plastic state, so as to iorm, when hardened, the body of my improved receiving 1 head, and so as to take-anydesired general contQur as a finished product; and as such it is here shown as takin essentially, an en ine: general contour, with a somewhat outwardly bowed frontsiirfacie 1 The rnateri'al 7, while plastic, is placed or arranged upon the reinforcing member 2, around the ring 3, and

immediately underneath the inclined portion of said reiniorcing mernber, the latter portion of said material being molde'id or shaped so as to form an intake 8, for the passagexif waste. or surface water to and into the proper, which may be constructed of masonry 9, as in common practice; and the material disposed at the upper side of said reinforcing member being brought to a level coinciding with the upper extremity of said shield, by preference.

After being disposed as herein explained, the plastic reference being had to the complete construction, the.

reinforcing member 2 becomes embedded within the body formed by the material 7 j and the inclined ortion of said reinforcing member terminates-in an exposed edge-segment 2, at the front of the body afore-v named, thus providing for the latter a fender of greater tenacity than said body; and I prefer that the relative arrangement of said reinforcing member with respect to Smd body be such that the fender thus pmdm'ed or the like, said body surrounding the said ring, bearing on shall occupy a position coinciding with the upper front edge of said body.

it is particularly desirable that the body formed by the material '7 be strengthened somewhat above or along the arch of the intake 8, and the construction herein described thoroughly accomplishes this result.

It may be here pointed out that the construction work involved in the production of my improved re ceiving head, may be performed at the basin in connection with which the head is to be used, or the head as a distinct structure may be produced at a distance from such basin and thereafter transported to such basin and adjusted for service.

For further strengthening the rear portion of the body formed by the material 7, the base 2 may be provided with a vertical spur 3, or a plurality of such spurs.

4 denotes an. intermediate bed of any appropriate general contour, formed from cement, or other suitable material primarily plastic, as; 7, having a reinforcing member 5 embedded therein, and shaped at its upper portion to cooperate with, and form a continuation of, the intake 8. Bed 4 rests on the forward portion of the masonry 9, its upper-surface being flush with the upper surface of the rear portionof said masonry, by preference, and as clearly'indicated in Fig. 2, Accordingly, the receiving head proper rests mainly on said masonry and partially, at its front, on the bed 4.

For the purpose ofenhancing the binding effect between the reinforcing member 2 and the material 7, the former may be provided with an opening or with openings (5, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, and more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, such opening or openings permitting integration of the material 7 thereat. 1n

, projections 7.

'The operation of my improved receiving head will be apparent from the foregoing descriptionthereof; and

l 1 l l l l l l l l eeaerz it will be further seen that the same may be modified to some extent without materially departing from the spirit and principle of my invention.

Having fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a receiving head for catch basins, a horizontal me lallic base-plate, having a manhole opening therein, a vertical manhole ring surrounding; said opening, a metallic reinforcing tender-plate upwardly inclined from the baseplate, and an artificial body of concrete, cement, or the like. conjoined with said baseplate and fender-plate and surrounding the manhole ring aforenamed, the said fender plate being exposed at its upper edge beyond the said artificial body, substantially as described.

2. In a receiving head for catch basins, a metallicbaseplate having a manhole opening therein, and an upwardly inclined metallic fender-plate made integral therewith, a

' manhole ring fitting in said opening, and provided with a bearing flange. and an artificial body of concrete. cement,

the base-plate and fender-plate and conjoined therewith. and the upper edge of the said fender plate being exposed beyond the said artificial body, substantially as described.

3, In a receiving head for catch basins, having a manhole opening and an intake opening, a metallic base-plate,

a manhole ring surrounding said manhole, an upwardly inclined, reinforcing-plate made integral with said base plate. an artificial body of concrete, cement, or the like, conjoined with said basoplate and in closing said inclined reinforcing-plate, andcmeans for interlocking the artificial body with said base-plate and reinforcingplate, the latter projecting above said intake for strengthening said body vthcreat, substantially as described.

4. A receiving head for catch basins comprisingpa borizoni'ul metallic base plate having a manhole opening therein, avertical manhole ring surrounding said opening,

a metallic reinforcing tender plate upwardly inclined from the base plate, and an artificial body of concrete, cement; or the like conjoined with said base plate and fender plate and surrounding the manhole ring, an intake opening being formed through said body of concrete below the fender plate, and a reinforcing plate embedded in the concrete below said intake opening.

3. :8 receiving head comprising a manhole opening and an intake opening, a metallic base plate, a manhole ring surmunding said manhole, an upwardly inclined rein forcing plate connected rigidly with the base platecand extending upward substantially parallel with the upper wall of the intake opening, a body of concrete, cement or the like, surrounding said base plate, manhole ring and reinforcing plate, and a reinforcing plate embedded in the concrete below the lower wall of the intake opening, saidplate being substantially parallel with said lower wall, and means for interlocking" the artificial body with said base plate and said reinforcing plater (i. A receiving head for catch basins comprising a base plate formed with a manhole opening therein, an upwardly extending fender plate rigidly connected to the base plate. a reinforcing plate below said fender plate and separated therefrom a suitable distance, and abody of concrete surrounding said base plate, manholering. and fender plate. an intake opening being formed through said concrete between the fender plate and the reinforcing plate.

7. A composite receiving head for catch basins comprising a metallic frame and a body of concrete surrounding said frame, an intake opening being formed through the concrete or cement and the manhole opening'being' S. 'liuckm-hunx, J12, W. H. RUBY. 

